There isn't a commercial, reasonably-priced metal parallelogram on the market right now that will work well with large binos. (that I am aware of) Metal transmits vibrations very, very well, so unless the unit is overbuilt it will probably be unsatisfactory. This is why, even though my first parallelogram design was all-aluminum, I now use wood almost exclusively. In side-by-side tests, with the same design excecuted in wood and aluminum, the wooden version is much more satisfying to use. . --- Michael Carnes <moogiebird@earthlink.net> wrote: While the mount does balance with
the counterweight extended, there's enough flexibility that the whole thing kind of boings for a while before it settles down.
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